Friday on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) declared President Donald Trump was using starving people as bargaining chips in the government shutdown.

Cooper said, “I know you are supportive of the judge’s rulings today. The president is saying he’s instructed his lawyers to seek clarity from the courts how they can legally fund SNAP as soon as possible. The deadline is tomorrow. I mean, the money, the payments stop. Is it clear if and when the millions who depend on SNAP benefits might actually have that restored?”

Klobuchar said, “This is absolutely ridiculous, Anderson, because on their own website, the administration’s website, USDA, which they mysteriously took down this week, they actually said that they knew that this SNAP contingency fund could be used in the

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